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The biggest blow, weavers say, was the stopping of orders for the Bathukamma Saree Scheme.
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The annual orders from the government for the weavers include those for Bathukamma sarees worth Rs.350 crore, school uniforms worth Rs.115 crore and KCR kit sarees among others.
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Chandranath Sinha alleged that the non-inclusion of the handloom sector in the PM Vishwakarma scheme shows the Centre's "step-motherly treatment" of the state.
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Handlooms Minister KT Rama Rao has been vehemently opposing the decision by Centre to levy GST on handlooms.
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RaMa, a sustainable fashion label, attempts to bring together handloom clusters from all over the country
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2022 was a year of many hits for TS in terms of successfully implementing welfare schemes for weavers and reviving age-old textile crafts
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Union Minister of State for Textiles Darshana Jardosh said GST was introduced by the Government to rationalise multiple taxes on goods and services and bring uniformity and transparency in the taxation system.
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Besides examining a few handlooms in the town, she enquired about the clothes being weaved on handlooms and their skills by interacting with weavers.
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Hyderabad: The postcard campaign launched by Handlooms and Textiles Minister KT Rama Rao demanding the Centre to announce a roll back of the five per cent GST imposed on handlooms, is gaining momentum. About 10,000 hand-written postcards are being sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Siddipet alone, while weavers, elected representatives and the general […]
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Hyderabad: Following up on his ‘Postcard to Modi’ campaign on the handloom GST issue, IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao on Sunday took forward the campaign by posting it on the popular worldwide nonprofit petition website, change.org. “Let’s protect the handloom sector by joining hands for a noble cause. I request everyone to sign […]
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Hyderabad: Hitting out at BJP-led government at the Centre for its anti-weaver policies, TRS (BRS) working president and Textiles Minister KT Rama Rao on Friday demanded the union government to abolish the 5 per cent GST being imposed on the handlooms and textiles industry in the country. While he would be writing a letter to […]
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Hyderabad: Handlooms and Textiles Minister KT Rama Rao on Saturday said the Central government did nothing concrete for the development of handlooms and textile sector in Telangana. In a letter to the union Minister for Textiles Piyush Goyal, he criticized the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s apathetic attitude towards the textile sector, […]
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The Government of Telangana has announced a total of 9,168 posts in the Group IV cadre. The posts under the Group IV cadre are: • Junior Assistant in Commercial Tax Department • Junior Steno in I&CAD • Typist in Disaster Response and Fire Services • Junior Steno in Disaster Response and Fire Services • Junior […]
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Hyderabad: The avenue of Lamakaan was filled with people sharing their nostalgic stories of articles of the yesteryears during an exhibition of the century old handlooms and handicrafts – some of which are in the verge of extinction. The exhibition called Leela is an initiative to sustain these antique collections, shares Ramesh Ramanadham, the organiser […]
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Karimnagar: BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar called upon the people on Tuesday to extend their support to the weaving community by wearing handloom clothes. The Minister was speaking after inaugurating the State Handloom Expo-2022 (handloom clothes exhibition cum sales) organized by handlooms and textiles department at Sri Rajarajeshwara Kalyana Mandapam here. “To […]
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Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao once again expressed unhappiness over the union government not extending enough support to Telangana which is a performing State and demanded that performing States must be incentivised. He urged the Centre to support progressive States like Telangana which has been making significant progress in the areas of […]
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Hyderabad: Textiles Minister KT Rama Rao on Thursday demanded that the union government withdraw its decision to increase GST on textile and handlooms sector. In a letter to union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, the Minister appealed to her to take up this proposal forward in the GST council meeting which will be chaired by her […]
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Hyderabad: Textiles Minister KT Rama Rao, demanding the Centre drop its proposal to hike GST on textiles and handlooms from five per cent to 12 per cent on Sunday, said that SCs, STs and BCs who constitute 70 per cent of the families in the handloom sector would be the worst hit by the decision. […]
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Hyderabad: Handlooms and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao has appealed to the Central government to withdraw its plans to revise GST on textiles and handlooms from 5 per cent to 12 per cent with effect from January 1, 2022. In a letter to Union Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday, Rama Rao said that […]
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Hyderabad: Handloom is associated with some hard labour. Among others, weavers have to physically exert to operate the Jacquard attachment, which enables the looms to produce fabrics with intricate woven patterns. However, weavers face problems while working with Jacquard handlooms due to the heavyweight of the Jacquard box, which houses the entire loom mechanism. The […]
